13 devoted to "The Best Literature for a True Christian
to Read." They moved leisurely from table to table scanning and reading
the books and booklets which, in great variety, lay before them.
Weariness urged them to a seat in the lecture department where they
were entertained by a scholarly address on "_Choice Literature for a
Christian._"
"It must not be forgotten." said the speaker in one part of his address,
"that the mind can be ruined by lack of vigorous exercise. In the
physical body the stomach would become weak and sickly were it not
compelled, quite frequently, to digest strong foods or a great variety
of them. So also the mind, in order to reach its true development,
needs a wide variety of thought-food. Not alone that of a
sickly-sentimental or sanctimonious kind which in its place is all
right, but such a variety as will best stimulate the mind in a
well-rounded, liberal education. In particular, a good Christian should
peruse such literature as will inform him thoroughly concerning the
enemies of Christianity. He should not spurn, but rather study
infidelity, skepticism and every other hostile movement, so that he
may be able the better to appreciate his own position.
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